The Digest on the Role and Influence of Think Tanks

15.04.2015

The new issue (#1/2015) of the Digest on the Role and Influence of Think Tanks, produced by CER, presents most relevant publications from mass media, think tanks, networks, newsletters, journals and blogs on the on-going debate on the role think tanks play in society, government, public policy, and elections.

The hottest discussions are evolving around the importance of think tanks in elaborating National Development Plans and Strategies. The Digest also reveals methodology and ideology of some prominent think tanks, key factors of institutional development, as well as influence of the foreign aid on transparency of the policies issued by think tanks. What are the expectations of policy makers from policy advice? How think tanks could communicate more effectively to reach policymakers? How think tanks contribute to electoral campaigns?